VRIKSHASANA !!!

Vriksha means TREE. Tree like posture is called VRIKSHASANA

Procedure:

• Stand straight, in attention position
• Using your right hand bend the right knee and rest the right feet on left thigh, the sole of foot resting on inner left thigh and shift all the body weight to your left leg.
• Once you are able to balance on single foot, rise both the hand upward and form a namaskara (i.e. joining both the palms). Stretch your hand as far as possible. The more you stretch your body its easier to maintain the balance.
• Close your eyes and keep the mind fixed & focused and continue to breathe normally.
• Stay in this position for few minutes.
• While releasing, exhale and bring both the hands down and slowly slide the right feet and rest it on the ground in attention position.
• Repeat the same with the left leg

Benefits:

• Improvement of balance and flexibility
• Improvement in concentration and memory
• Strengthen the thigh
• Strengthen the feet and ankles
• Effective stretching exercise for leg muscle, particularly thighs as well as for chest and shoulders
  

Note:

• Beginners to maintain balance perform the asana by leaning to wall and taking the back support to maintain balance.
• Do not perform the asana when you suffer from headache or migraines, low blood pressure.
• Hypertension people can perform this asan but do it without raising the arms over the head.
  

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Paschimottanasana

Method:

· Sit on the ground or mat with both the legs stretched forward.

· Stretch both the hands up with fingers pointing upwards.

· Slowly try bending forward along with the hands and try to reach the feet. Keep the knees straight while bending forward.

· If you feel constriction while bending, straighten up and again try bending slowly

· Do not force yourself to reach the feet (might injure muscles). If you cannot reach the feet try keeping the hands near the ankles and stretch back and the shoulders.

· Try to remain in this pose for few minutes.

Benefits:

· Beneficial for liver, ovaries uterus and kidney

· Stretches the back

· Stretches the spine

· Stretches the hands

· Strengthens the thigh

· Improves digestion

· Very helpful for women as it relieves the menstrual discomfort.

· Do not perform this asana if you have back problem.

SUKHASANA,

SUKHASANA, phrased as an 'Easy Posture’. The effortless and simple posture of yoga is Sukhasan. This asana can provide the best start to yoga beginners.

For this posture, a person is required to sit cross-legged on the floor, in a certain position. All the way through the asana, you need to concentrate on your breathing and let the body relax completely.

Instructions

• Sit down on the ground and stretch both the legs in front.
• Keep the hands on the side, and make sure the palms are resting on the ground. Fingers should be together and point forward.
• Fold the left leg slightly, at the knee, followed by the right leg.
• Now, join the soles of the both the feet and hold the legs at ankle by the hands.
• Moving slowly, start bringing the legs towards yourself. Continue doing so till the time the legs reach under the perineum.
• At this point of time, your knees should remain on the ground, while the body should be erect and gaze directly in the front.
• Keep your hands on your knees, in GYANA mudra (you have to hold the index finger against tip of thumb, having the other three fingers straight).
• Remain in this position for 5 minutes.
• Then, gradually loosen the legs and come back to the original position.

Benefits

• Help you get over the exhaustion and make you feel refreshed.
• Provides mental peace and calmness.
• Strengthens the lumbar region of the body.
• Helps in achieving a state of serenity and harmony, by eliminating all the unnecessary anxiety.
• Sukhasana helps make the waist and lower region of a person quite flexible.
• This posture keeps the backbone in the ideal position, which is beneficial for those suffering from back pain.
• This asana can be carried out by almost anyone, with hardly a few exceptions.

NOTE:

People who have had a recent, or suffer from chronic, knee or hip injury or inflammation should not practice this asana.

GOOD SLEEP

Good rest and sound sleep is very IMPORTANT
If you don't sleep well, the toxic in your body will accumulate affecting your health and your mood...

We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our body to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'


Because: Evening at 9 - 11pm : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelieved state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on her health.


Evening at 11pm - 1am : The detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 1 - 3am : detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am : detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
Morning 5 - 7am : detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.


Morning 7 - 9am : Absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 -10am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood.

Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

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